Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Australia
Australia: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 60.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Australia, 1989–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Australia is 60.7%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Australia peaked at 65.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 37.7%, in 2021.
Australia ranks 50th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 41.1% | — |
| 1990 | 42.4% | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 42.7% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 42.3% | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 43.9% | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 48.2% | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 49.4% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 50.4% | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 49.8% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 48.0% | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 50.2% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 48.2% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 52.6% | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 52.7% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 54.5% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 55.8% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 55.9% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 56.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 56.9% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 58.7% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 63.4% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 63.7% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 62.8% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 61.5% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 60.9% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 61.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 63.2% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 64.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 64.8% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 65.6% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 64.8% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 51.6% | -20.3% |
| 2021 | 37.7% | -27.0% |
| 2022 | 46.6% | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 60.6% | +30.2% |
| 2024 | 62.4% | +2.9% |
| 2025 | 60.7% | -2.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 60.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 2.2× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Australia's 60.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48.6%, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +30.2% | 46.6% | 60.6% |
| 2021 | -27.0% | 51.6% | 37.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 41.1% | 41.1% | 41.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 46.7% | 42.3% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.5% | 48.2% | 63.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.3% | 60.9% | 65.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.3% | 37.7% | 62.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 47 South Sudan 64.4% compare
- 48 Eritrea 64.2% compare
- 49 Saudi Arabia 63.7% compare
- 51 El Salvador 60.7% compare
- 52 Thailand 59.3% compare
- 53 Tanzania 57.4% compare
More private sector data for Australia
- Merchandise trade 36.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 310.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 114.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 9.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 337.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 90.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,225 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Australia?
- Travel services in Australia was 60.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.7% in 2021.
- How does Australia rank for travel services?
- Australia ranks 50th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.